We were contacted in August by Irene & David Spencer of Egerton with a request for our charity collection boxes; they were to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 10th September 2016 and wished guests to make donations to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team instead of buying them gifts.

Our Support Group member, Iain Clarkson, responded to their request with collection boxes, information leaflets and ‘text to donate’ cards and congratulated them on their fifty years together.

Iain returned to see Irene & David today to collect the boxes and when the money was counted, he was delighted to find a marvellous total of £325.00 had been donated by their generous party guests.

We would like to offer belated congratulations to Irene & David, thank them for their generosity in choosing us to benefit from the happy occasion, and thank all their kind guests who made donations to our charity.

Final numbers 103 members of the public, at least 5 dogs, team members and approximately 40 people on horseback climbed Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to the Pike to climb the same height as Everest. So we managed to climb Everest twice. pic.twitter.com/vx13wRpn8E

We smashed 64 members of the public and 4 dogs have so far climbed the Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to climb the same height as Everest. Let’s see if we can get 100 people and climb it twice. pic.twitter.com/1FzzCRVet5

Runners and walkers are the group at most risk of accidental drowning in the UK - 77 people died in 2016 because they fell in the water whilst out for a run or a walk #BeWaterAwarepic.twitter.com/AfUVuX1WGz